Top surnames from the 1881 census in Adderstone, Northumberland

Adderstone is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Northumberland

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BROWN217.692311.67
WHITTLE114.0293184.87
TAIT103.6630124.38
BRYSON103.6630478.47
ROBERTSON93.296719.67
TAYLOR93.29675.16
DODDS82.9304139.13
YOUNGER82.9304540.54
BRUCE72.564154.73
DUNCAN72.564137.47
STRAUGHAN72.56411,555.56
LINDSAY72.564178.65
MOORE62.197810.99
PRINGLE62.1978139.53
WILLIS62.197841.32
WOOD51.83155.75
WILSON51.83153.99
SMITH51.83151.30
BOLTON41.465234.04
AITCHISON41.4652209.42
MASON41.465210.90
REED41.465220.07
TROTTER41.4652139.86
PARKER41.46527.70
WIGHTMAN41.4652223.46
MOFFIT41.46522,666.67
KEEN31.098954.84
PATTEN31.0989175.44
BUCK31.098951.28
HORNSBY31.0989169.49
ROBINSON31.09893.45
OWEN31.09899.26
HOPE31.098932.29
SHIELDS20.732647.39
MORGAN20.73263.68
ELLIOTT20.73268.64
NESBIT20.7326238.10
WILKINSON20.73264.80
ANTROBUS20.7326370.37
ANDERSON20.73263.71
DOUGLAS20.732615.12
DAVIDSON20.73268.71
TULLY10.366368.49
REA10.366365.36
BURREL10.3663666.67
HUME10.366325.84
SIMPSON10.36632.09
FOY10.366344.44
SAVAGE10.36639.53
WEDDERBURN10.3663434.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOFFIT0.272732666.6667
STRAUGHAN0.272731555.5556
BURREL0.27273666.6667
YOUNGER0.27273540.5405
BRYSON0.27273478.4689
WEDDERBURN0.27273434.7826
ANTROBUS0.27273370.3704
NESBIT0.27273238.0952
WIGHTMAN0.27273223.4637
AITCHISON0.27273209.4241
WHITTLE0.27273184.8739
PATTEN0.27273175.4386
HORNSBY0.27273169.4915
TROTTER0.27273139.8601
PRINGLE0.27273139.5349
DODDS0.27273139.1304
TAIT0.27273124.3781
REDPATH0.2727378.7402
LINDSAY0.2727378.6517
TULLY0.2727368.4932
REA0.2727365.3595
KEEN0.2727354.8446
BRUCE0.2727354.7303
BUCK0.2727351.2821
FAIRBAIRN0.2727349.5050
SHIELDS0.2727347.3934
FOY0.2727344.4444
WILLIS0.2727341.3223
DUNCAN0.2727337.4732
BOLTON0.2727334.0426
HOPE0.2727332.2928
HUME0.2727325.8398
DICKENSON0.2727324.1546
REED0.2727320.0702
ROBERTSON0.2727319.6721
LOGAN0.2727315.4560
DOUGLAS0.2727315.1172
BROWN0.2727311.6693
MOORE0.2727310.9910
MASON0.2727310.8962
HUMPHREYS0.2727310.4058
SAVAGE0.272739.5329
SHORT0.272739.3809
OWEN0.272739.2593
DAVIDSON0.272738.7146
ELLIOTT0.272738.6356
PARKER0.272737.7042
WOOD0.272735.7478
TAYLOR0.272735.1552
WILKINSON0.272734.8008

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 273 people called MOFFIT in Adderstone at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2666.6667 in Adderstone means that 2666.6667% of the people in Adderstone on census day were called MOFFIT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOFFIT in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called MOFFIT as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called MOFFIT here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called MOFFIT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Adderstone means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOFFIT in Adderstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Adderstone in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ANDERSON (2)  ANTROBUS (2)  AITCHISON (4)  BOLTON (4)  BOWMAKER (1)  BROWN (21)  BRUCE (7)  BRYSON (10)  BUCK (3)  BURREL (1)  CANT (1)  CRAIGS (9)  DAVIDSON (2)  DICKENSON (1)  DODDS (8)  DOUGLAS (2)  DUNCAN (7)  ELLIOTT (2)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FOY (1)  GATTY (5)  HETTLE (3)  HOPE (3)  HORNSBY (3)  HUME (1)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  KEEN (3)  LANDELLS (3)  LINDSAY (7)  LOGAN (1)  MASON (4)  MOFFIT (4)  MOORE (6)  MORGAN (2)  MORRIS (1)  NESBIT (2)  OWEN (3)  PARKER (4)  PATTEN (3)  POWELL (1)  PRINGLE (6)  REA (1)  REDPATH (1)  REED (4)  ROBERTSON (9)  ROBINSON (3)  SAVAGE (1)  SHIELDS (2)  SHORT (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (5)  STRANGEWAYS (9)  STRAUGHAN (7)  STRAUGHTAN (5)  TAIT (10)  TAYLOR (9)  TROTTER (4)  TULLY (1)  WATSON (1)  WEDDERBURN (1)  WHITTLE (11)  WIGHTMAN (4)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIS (6)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (5)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNGER (8)